Atletico Madrid vs JuventusDiscussed coming up against Morata

Juventus will not settle for a 1-1 draw against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night, coach Massimiliano Allegri has insisted, claiming his team are planning on leaving with goals to show for their efforts.

The first leg of the Champions League round of 16 tie takes place at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano, the same venue as the final, and Allegri met the media there on Tuesday evening.

In doing so, he dismissed the notion that he would take a 1-1 draw beforehand and suggested that, while Cristiano Ronaldo is important for his side, he doesn't offer a certainty of success.

"Would I settle for 1-1 now? These things depend on how the game goes and how well we play, but they are a dangerous team so I won't settle for anything or take anything now," he told the assembled media.

"Yet it is important for us to score goals.

"In the game, Ronaldo is going to be important for us.

"In the last 10 or 11 years, he and Lionel Messi have always been the top scorers.

"Of course he is important to what we want to do.

"But in football, it isn't just a case of having Ronaldo and that means that you will win.

"You have Ronaldo and that gives you chances to win because you have the best player in the world, but it isn't a guarantee."

The game will also see Allegri and Juventus come up against former striker Alvaro Morata, who had a controversial January switch back to Spain, and he believes that there are still improvements the player can make.

"I don't know too much about how Morata is today because it was many years ago that I coached him, but he has certainly grown up a lot since then," he added.

"He is very good in these kind of big one-off games, but it is perhaps when it comes to consistency that he has shown is a little weaker."